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Jul 2022 · 110
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Shaylie Jul 2022
I don’t write this poetry
For you
Because it’s cute
I write this
Because I
I am filled with passion
Brimming
Teeming
And the amount of things I
Hold inside myself
Have poured over enough
To make an ocean
For you to swim in
Jul 2022 · 370
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Shaylie Jul 2022
Since I have left
I have been to Oregon
I have been to Colorado
I have been to Florida
And New York

Why did you keep me inside
Jul 2022 · 678
Stay here
Shaylie Jul 2022
And you
Like the dawn
Never last for long
But I wait up in the morning
To see orange glaze
Before you dissipate
Into day
Into night
Jul 2022 · 128
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Shaylie Jul 2022
I know you don’t feel how I feel, and that’s okay, I’m okay with that. It’s insurmountable though, the way I feel. I don’t want to have any day where I don’t live with you, wake up with you, wait on you to get off work to have dinner with you. These are things I know  you don’t really consider, and that’s because you don’t feel the way I do. But it’s so hard for me. To know you are moving, to know you are leaving. I could spend every single day with you.
You are the funniest, most intelligent, most considerate, amazing person I have ever met. I have soaked up every single moment I have spent with you these last few months, and even though **** happened, you really are the first person to make me feel appreciated and seen. Maybe you don’t do all the extra stuff because we never reached that level, but you have just been a good person to me. You are wonderful, and I wish so badly that I could make you feel the way I feel. But you can’t force people to see someone a certain way, can you? It didn’t matter what we did here, the only way I would have never gotten attached is if I literally ****** and left and never talked to you, and the reason I say that is because in any other scenario I am always going to see you, spend time with you, learn what kind of person you are, and fall in love with you all over again. Im sorry for all the stress and worry, I am sorry for clawing at you like a satin table cloth slipping off a polished wood dining table to stay. I just wanted to spend every moment with you. I don’t think anyone would feel differently than how I do.
Jul 2022 · 104
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Shaylie Jul 2022
I don’t
Want to
Be close
To you
Anymore
Jul 2022 · 518
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Shaylie Jul 2022
Here I say
And I hand you the loaded gun
You promise you’ll never pull the trigger
But as soon as you can blink
We are fighting
You don’t even think
Boom
The gun goes off
Jul 2022 · 117
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Shaylie Jul 2022
I keep waiting
Patiently waiting
For him
To be aching
And feigning for me
Waiting for when he decides
He cannot get enough of me

I’ll turn to dust
Before my dreams turn to
Stone
Jul 2022 · 247
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Shaylie Jul 2022
The only time
Any man saw me
Was with
Eyes closed
Hands open
Jul 2022 · 118
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Shaylie Jul 2022
And do you think
When you move
You’ll think of me
Staring over breathless
Horizons
Will you wish
You could share it
With me
And when your drunk
And you are lonely,
And you find
Some girl in your bed,
Will I be in your head?
Will you think of how
I fit into you
And how you fit into me?
May 2022 · 330
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Shaylie May 2022
You say
You’re so much sometimes

And I say to that
Well sometimes,
You are not enough
Apr 2022 · 132
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Shaylie Apr 2022
I feel selfish
For saying
I deserve more
I deserve better
Shaylie Apr 2022
I was someone who was so good to you
And you
You are just another boy
Who cheated
And
Lied
Apr 2022 · 246
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Shaylie Apr 2022
We are
Just flesh and bone
But you
You are the sun on my skin
Apr 2022 · 128
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Shaylie Apr 2022
So I think
I think about you
The sun rises
The sun sets
Before you go
I just want you to know
I’ll always think about you
Apr 2022 · 128
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Shaylie Apr 2022
I like you
Ok
Is that what you
Wanted to hear

Yes
Yes
Yes
Apr 2022 · 116
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Shaylie Apr 2022
Tell me you love me
And then leave me
Don’t pretend
You’ll stick around
Cut right to the chase
Go away
Mar 2022 · 115
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Shaylie Mar 2022
I definitely
Want
To
**** her

That’s what he said
We lie in bed together

And I pretend like it’s ok
Ok that you
Only
Want to
Be inside
Of her
Mar 2022 · 341
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Shaylie Mar 2022
Just another day
Kick back
Wait six more months
And
We will be cool again

That’s usually this goes
Mar 2022 · 535
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Shaylie Mar 2022
I crave the security
In the foundation never placed
Here’s your hard hat kid
And your concrete
Do it all yourself
Lay it all yourself

I crave security
Feb 2022 · 1.2k
Minimal Effort
Shaylie Feb 2022
This one is different
I promise
He said he thinks about
Me
Long term

This one is different
I swear
You’d be surprised
The romantic way
He treats me
Like a human being

This one is different
I know I’ve said that before
But please
This time
You’ll listen right
Because
This one is different
Jan 2022 · 145
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Shaylie Jan 2022
I waited my whole life
Slamming myself
Into brick walls of passion
Instant heat
Burning me up

And then I met you
I lit a candle in my finger tips
I melt
I drip
For you
I slowly burn
For you

And it’s 100x sweeter
Than the boy who
Made me feel something once
Because you make me feel something
Every day
Jan 2022 · 130
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Shaylie Jan 2022
Sometimes
I sit here in the silent moments
And I live in the mornings
I could have shared with you
Coffee and jazz

But that wasn’t for us
Was it
Dec 2021 · 120
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Shaylie Dec 2021
I
Have
A hundred pictures of the sun
And the paint it spreads
Across the sky

And you
You don’t even look up
You don’t even notice
Dec 2021 · 351
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Shaylie Dec 2021
Memories moving
Like movies
Flipping fervently
Trying to
Find you
Dec 2021 · 411
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Shaylie Dec 2021
You are strong
And yes,
you feel weak right now

But, you are strong
Nothing will wear you down
Dec 2021 · 143
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Shaylie Dec 2021
Connection
Breeds
Creation

Bees
To
Flowers flaunting
pollen
Dec 2021 · 208
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Shaylie Dec 2021
I don’t feel like
I have a seat on any bus
There is no slot
For me to fit into
Where do I go?
What do I do?
Dec 2021 · 98
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Shaylie Dec 2021
And be thankful you are alive
Because
Without you
They would have never met at all
If it hadn’t been for you
He’d still be getting married
And they would just be coworkers

And in either scenario
You realize
With or without you
He’d have gone on
Life would have gone on
Dec 2021 · 197
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Shaylie Dec 2021
I am tired again
I am weary in my bones
Lay me down here
I will wrap my arms
Around myself
Dec 2021 · 106
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Shaylie Dec 2021
Once upon a time
I almost ran away with you
We almost made a home together
We almost met our lives in the middle

We weren’t even salvageable children
But foreboding adults

There you stood at the altar
And it was never decided
Did I rip you away from it?
Or did you step away from it?
“We all made our choices”

But we still ran with it,
and
We almost did it,
We almost got there,
We were Icarus,
And our inextinguishable love,
It was the sun,
We burned up in it

I hate our phone calls now
I hate the spaces in between the small talk
“How is everything” I love you “******”
I hate being here while you are there
I hate how almost isn’t quite enough
For it to be all the way

I love you
Shaylie Dec 2021
What does it mean,
To love yourself
Dec 2021 · 1.1k
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Shaylie Dec 2021
Tired of being used
For parts to fill
Yourself with
Use up until
You feel whole
Taking pieces of me
Taking pieces of me
Empty
Every time you leave me
Dec 2021 · 490
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Shaylie Dec 2021
Woman
Mother
Daughter
Wife

Pictures play
For each word
A box is created
Without hesitation

Jam yourself in it
Make them all smile
Nov 2021 · 129
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Shaylie Nov 2021
And no I won’t settle
Settle for some boy
Promising the moon and stars
Only to show up
Smelling like alcohol
with
Tin foil ***** and cardboard pieces
In hand

I deserve worship
Worship me
Fall down to your knees
I want someone thirsty to
Taste me

I am made up of the
Mountains and oceans
Dark skies and pastel summer days
I won’t settle
For some
Boy
Nov 2021 · 132
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Shaylie Nov 2021
And if you aren’t careful
Love will eat you up
Nov 2021 · 574
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Shaylie Nov 2021
Sometimes
I forget
I forget who I am

What I want
What I like
Sep 2021 · 171
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Shaylie Sep 2021
I haven’t had a hug
In so long
I just want someone
Warm
To embrace me
Fill me up
I’m lonely
Sep 2021 · 128
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Shaylie Sep 2021
Nevermind
I take it all back
Sep 2021 · 119
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Shaylie Sep 2021
I won’t talk to you again
Atleast not until I graduate
That’s what I keep saying
Five months
Sep 2021 · 119
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Shaylie Sep 2021
He checks his emails
I’m happy for you
He’s says
I’m happy for you
I say
Sep 2021 · 94
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Shaylie Sep 2021
Silly when I think
Or feel
Like this isn’t
The inevitable end
But I know in my heart
I’ll never hear you again
“Hey dood”
Waiting for you to call
Checking the mail to see if you wrote
Checking here for messages
Why can’t I give you up
Sep 2021 · 226
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Shaylie Sep 2021
Thinking of you
Always thinking of you
When I close my eyes
I can feel you close yours too
And for a moment
We are together
Missing each other
Sep 2021 · 414
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Shaylie Sep 2021
I’ll always love you
Goodbye
I’ll see you when we’re old
And our kids are grown
Well catch up
And I’ll still love you then
Sep 2021 · 132
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Shaylie Sep 2021
There is a loneliness
That lingers here
Without you
Sep 2021 · 263
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Shaylie Sep 2021
It’s Saturday
And just like yesterday
I’m still thinking of you
Just like two weeks ago
Just like a month ago
Still thinking
Of you
Sep 2021 · 130
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Shaylie Sep 2021
Give me a sign
Let me know
You are listening to me
Please
I won’t say anything
Sep 2021 · 108
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Shaylie Sep 2021
This can’t be this hard
For just me
Right?
Right???
Sep 2021 · 105
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Shaylie Sep 2021
You can take her
Take her to see all the things
We would have seen
The Grand Canyon
Hawaii
Paris
But emptiness will follow you
Everywhere
Because
You know
It should have been
Me
Sep 2021 · 104
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Shaylie Sep 2021
I love you
And
As much as I’d like to
Hate you
All I want is the best
For you
I want you to be happy
I want you to know
I will always always
Love you
Sep 2021 · 292
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Shaylie Sep 2021
Don’t make me wait
Pick up the phone
Call me
I’ll answer
We can talk and talk
I just want to hear you
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